👉 Unmeaningfulness in linguistics refers to a state of being devoid of meaning or purpose. It can refer to any aspect of language that lacks meaningful content, such as word choice, sentence structure, or grammar. In essence, it is the absence of an objective reason for using a particular word or phrase. Unmeaningfulness has been a topic of debate in linguistics and philosophy, with some scholars arguing for its existence in all languages while others believe it to be a phenomenon unique to certain languages or